deletion

Noun

Meaning

Act of deleting, blotting out, or erasing; destruction.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

cut omission excision stinger removal withdrawal elimination censorship suppression exclusion cancel cancellation abolition abolish repeal
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Antonyms

hall amendment addition annex addendum accept
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Hypernyms

removal mutation redaction editing remotion linguistic process

Hyponyms

censorship ellipsis erasure castration censoring expunging

Phrases with the word

deletion mutation chromosome deletion

Anagrams

entoiled

Examples

The sudden and abrupt deletion of all individuals occupying the lower bands of the Tone Scale from the social order would result in an almost instant rise in the cultural tone and would interrupt the dwindling spiral into which any society may have entered. L. Ron Hubbard

an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors Source: Internet

both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause Source: Internet

Additionally, the time complexity of insertion or deletion in the middle, given an iterator, is O(1); however, the time complexity of random access by index is O(n). Source: Internet

A controversy emerged regarding deletion of the concept of neurosis, a mainstream of psychoanalytic theory and therapy but seen as vague and unscientific by the DSM task force. Source: Internet

A review of a small number of comments posted to "Stop the Steal" before its deletion found no direct calls for violence, but its organizing premise - that Republican votes are being "nullified" by Democrats - has no basis in fact. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

delethalization delethalize deletia deletion mutation deletional deletionism